Who owns an idea? - The Economist

It’s a question the law can struggle to answer, particularly when it comes to fiction

"THE SAME basic plotlines form the basis for thousands of stories. A joke has it that there are only two plots: a stranger arrives, or a man goes on a journey. Ursula Le Guin’s “A Wizard of Earthsea” and J...

It’s a question the law can struggle to answer, particularly when it comes to fiction

"THE SAME basic plotlines form the basis for thousands of stories. A joke has it that there are only two plots: a stranger arrives, or a man goes on a journey. Ursula Le Guin’s “A Wizard of Earthsea” and J...